Pickled garlic and small onions with hot pepper for the winter
Small onions do not store well and are usually used for winter storage. You can marinate the whole onion with garlic and hot pepper and then you will get an excellent cold spicy appetizer for the holiday table.
A simple step-by-step recipe will help you quickly cope with the preparation.
For marinating you will need:
• small onions – turnips;
• water and table vinegar in a 1:1 ratio;
• hot garlic – 3-4 cloves (head);
• hot peppers;
• salt – for marinade (1.5 tbsp) and for soaking – to taste;
• spices – bay leaf, cloves, black peppercorns.
How to pickle small onions with garlic for the winter
We clean the onions, rinse them, remove the thin film that is usually under the skin. Place the peeled onion in sterilized jars of any size.
We do the same with garlic: peel, rinse and add to jars with small onions. Here I note that the ratio of onions and garlic may vary and depends on your preferences.
Prepare salted water in a large saucepan and pour it over the onions.
We leave it to stand for about an hour and a half so that the contents of the jars are saturated with salt.
Drain the water. We put bay leaves and spices in jars, but they can also be put directly into the marinade.
Place hot peppers on top of each jar (fresh or dried does not matter).
Pour water into the pan, add salt and spices; when the water boils, add vinegar and boil for 1-2 minutes. The marinade is ready.
Pour the marinade over the onions and garlic in the jars, roll them up, turn them over and put them on the lids. Wrap in a towel overnight.
Delicious pickled garlic with small onions is ready.
Please note: the marinade is very spicy and should not be drunk! Only onions and garlic go into food.